Transcript Obesity Prevention Efforts Through USDA Child Nutrition

Obesity Prevention Efforts Through
USDA Child Nutrition Programs
Bureau of Nutrition Programs and
Services, NH Department of
Education
USDA Child Nutrition Programs
Administered by BNPS
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National School Lunch and Breakfast Program
Child and Adult Care Food Program
After School Program
Special Milk Program
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
Resources to Provide Nutrition
Education
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Fact Sheets, Recipes, Curriculum and more
Food Buying Guide and Menu Planner
Healthy Meals Resource System
Team Nutrition Training Grants
National Food Service Management Institute
HealthierUS School Challenge
Local Wellness Policies
CACFP Nutrition and Physical
Activity ToolKit
FACT SHEETS, CURRICULUM and MORE
• Team Nutrition Website offers fact sheets,
curriculum, recipes and more for various
groups of individuals. Go to:
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/library.html
Food Buying Guide and Menu Planner
• Guide to School Food Service Directors and
Child and Adult Care Food Program Directors
used for menu development.
• http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Resources/foodb
uyingguide.html
Healthy Meals Resource System
• http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/healthierschool
day/pdf/33_HMResources.pdf
• Online system that contains resources from
the National Agriculture Library, eNewsletters
and a Best Practices Sharing Center.
Team Nutrition Training Grants
• Competitive Grants to State Agencies to
establish or enhance sustainable
infrastructures for implementing Team
Nutrition. State information created through
Team Nutrition Training Grants is available to
other States for their use.
National Food Service Management
Institute
• The National Food Service Management
Institute (NFSMI), part of the School of
Applied Science at The University of
Mississippi, is the only federally funded
national center dedicated to applied research,
education and training, and technical
assistance for child nutrition programs.
• http://www.nfsmi.org/
NFSMI Resources - examples
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Culinary Techniques
Meal Pattern Information
USDA Recipes for school lunch and child care
MealTime Memos for child care :
http://www.nfsmi.org/ResourceOverview.aspx
?ID=87
HealthierUS School Challenge
• The HealthierUS School Challenge is open to
all schools participating in the National School
Lunch Program. The challenge is a program
that recognizes schools who have changed the
school nutrition environment and are working
to help children eat more healthfully and be
more physically active.
• http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/healthierus/ap
plication.html
Local Wellness Policies
• School Food Authorities are required to adopt a
wellness policy.
• Local wellness policies are an important tool for
parents, SAUs and school districts in promoting
student wellness, preventing and reducing
childhood obesity, and providing assurance that
school meal nutrition guidelines meet the
minimum federal school meal standards.
• http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/healthy/wellnessp
olicy.html
Required Items for the Local Wellness
Policy
• Include goals for nutrition promotion and education, physical activity, and
other school-based activities that promote student wellness.
• Include nutrition guidelines to promote student health and reduce
childhood obesity for all foods available in each school district.
• Permit parents, students, representatives of the school food authority,
teachers of physical education, school health professionals, the school
board, school administrators, and the general public to participate in the
development, implementation, and review and update of the local
wellness policy.
• Inform and update the public (including parents, students, and others in
the community) about the content and implementation of local wellness
policies.
• Be measured periodically on the extent to which schools are in compliance
with the local wellness policy, the extent to which the local education
agency’s local wellness policy compares to model local school wellness
policies, and the progress made in attaining the goals of the local wellness
policy, and make this assessment available to the public.
Child Care Nutrition and Physical
Activity ToolKit
• State created toolkit created as a train the
trainer resource for Family Day Care Home
Sponsors. Help sponsors with the training
requirement for their Family Day Care Home
Sponsors.